US9743719B2 - Quick release buckle - Google Patents
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- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
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- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
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- A44B11/266—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts with push-button fastenings with at least one push-button acting parallel to the main plane of the buckle and perpendicularly to the direction of the fastening action
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- the present invention is directed to a quick release buckle assembly which may include a secondary release assembly as well as a quick release assembly, each of which is independently operable to facilitate the release of a belt end connector from a locked position.
- a gripping assembly preferably includes two locking segments movably connected and biased into confronting relation to one another in a manner which facilitates receipt of the belt connector therein in sandwiched relation there between to define the aforementioned locked position of the connector. Selective positioning of the quick release assembly facilitates a separation of the locking segments thereby enabling a quick and efficient removal of the belt connector from its locked position.
- Buckles of various types are known for use in many different applications, including but not limited to, clothing, sporting gear, luggage, safety equipment etc.
- buckle structures incorporating a quick release function are particularly useful in military gear, law enforcement apparel and scuba diving equipment.
- Known two-part buckle assemblies are available in a variety of different constructions and typically include cooperating first and second buckle parts.
- One or both of the buckle parts of such known or conventional structures include interlocking components, which are cooperatively structured to accomplish the release or separation of the buckle parts.
- a two-part buckle may typically include a female buckle component attached to one part of an article and a male connector attached to another part of the article.
- the female component may be anchored to one end of a strap or belt, where in the male component is connected to the other end thereof.
- the female buckle component defines a substantially fixed chamber or pocket into which the mail component may be inserted.
- Various types of interlocking engagements are provided within the pocket of the female component of the buckle.
- manipulation of at least one release structure serves to disconnect the inserted, mail component from the female component.
- Buckles of the type set forth above have worked well for a variety of applications. However, in the use of buckles with military garments, law enforcement equipment, scuba diving, etc., it is necessary to have a release assembly associated with the buckle which accomplishes a quick release or separation of the male and female components. However, depending upon the structural and operative features of the buckle assembly and the environment or conditions under which a user or wearer is placed, a quick release of the buckle assembly and the resulting separation of the male and female parts from one another may be relatively time consuming and/or difficult to accomplish. Accordingly, quick release buckle assemblies are frequently not only a convenience but a necessity in certain applications and or lines of work.
- a quick release buckle assembly capable of quickly and efficiently accomplishing a quick separation of the buckle from a belt connector or other connector structure.
- a preferred and proposed buckle assembly may also be equipped with an independently operable secondary release assembly, where in both the quick release belt assembly and the secondary release assemblies are operable to remove the belt connector from a locked position within the main housing or portion of the buckle assembly.
- a preferred and proposed buckle assembly may include a gripping assembly structured to removably retain the belt or like connector in a locked position by incorporating at least two locking segments movably connected or otherwise attached so as to be movable between a closed orientation any release orientation.
- the quick release assembly may be selectively positioned and or manipulated to the extent of quickly and easily disposing the locking segments from the closed orientation into the release orientation by a separation thereof. Therefore, the quick release assembly associated with a preferred and proposed buckle assembly is selectively positionable into a separating engagement with the locking segments to at least partially define disposition of the locking segments from the closed orientation into the release orientation.
- a preferred quick release buckle assembly should be structured to include sufficient structural and operative features to be used for a variety of different applications such as, but not limited to, the type set forth above.
- the proposed buckle assembly may be made or constructed from a number of different materials all or at least some of which are sufficient to maintain a closed or locked position even under unusual conditions.
- the present invention is directed to a buckle assembly typically, but not exclusively, intended for use in the removeable, quick release attachment of a belt or like gear, equipment, etc. commonly, but not exclusively, associated with the military, law enforcement and/or sports.
- the buckle assembly is structured to accomplish a quick release which facilitates the quick and efficient removal of the attached gear, garment, etc. from a wearer, such as is sometimes required under emergency situations.
- one or more preferred embodiments of the buckle assembly of the present invention includes a quick release assembly which provides for a detachment of the buckle assembly from a belt connector or other type connector used in combination with the buckle assembly as generally set forth above.
- the buckle assembly of the present invention may also include a secondary release assembly which is operable, independent of the quick release assembly, to detach the belt connector from its retained gripping engagement with a gripping assembly of the buckle assembly.
- the gripping assembly is structured to removably retain the connector in a locked position and includes at least two locking segments connected together in movable relation to one another.
- the two locking segments are disposable between a closed orientation and a release orientation and may be accurately described as a jaw structure.
- the locked position of the connector includes the locking segments disposed in gripping engagement with the connector when in the closed orientation.
- the gripping engagement comprises the connector retained in a substantial sandwiched relation between the locking segments.
- the quick release assembly is connected to the gripping assembly and is positionable into a separating engagement with and between the locking segments. When so positioned, the quick release assembly disposes the locking segments from the closed orientation into the separated, release orientation.
- Each locking segment includes at least one, but in some structural modifications, a plurality of at least two grip members. Moreover, each of the one or more grip members on each of the locking segments is disposed in substantially aligned and/or correspondingly cooperative relation with one another so as to be normally biased into a substantially confronting relation with one another.
- the term “confronting relation” is meant to include actual confronting engagement or a minimal spacing between the correspondingly disposed grip members. Therefore, when in the closed orientation, the “confronting relation” of the grip members facilitates the aforementioned gripping engagement of the grip members with the connector, while the connector is disposed in a substantially sandwiched, retained relation between the locking segments.
- the position of the belt connector between the locking segments and into the locked position is accomplished by the exertion of a “pushing force” on the belt connector to force it into the locked position through and between the grip members when they are in the confronting relation to one another.
- the one or more grip members associated with the locking segments are collectively disposed and structured to define an access opening there between.
- the access opening is dimensioned disposed and configured to facilitate the receipt of the belt connector there through into the locked position between the grip members and at least a portion of the remainder of the locking segments.
- the structural and operative features of the connected locking segments are such as to define a bias therein or there between. As a result the bias associated with the locking segments serves to normally maintain the locking segments in the closed orientation and the corresponding grip members in the aforementioned confronting relation to one another.
- Additional structural and operative features of the quick release assembly include a head portion concurrently disposed into a sliding engagement with the locking segments upon a selective positioning of an elongated pull member associated with the quick release assembly.
- the elongated pull member extends outwardly from the locking segments and from the head portion. Therefore, the selective positioning of the pull member comprises a substantially outward force, directed away from the remainder of the buckle assembly.
- an activating structure is formed on or connected to each of the locking segments.
- the activating structures are cooperatively disposed and structured with the head portion.
- the activating structures further comprise a substantially convergent configuration cooperatively structured with the head portion to exert the sliding engagement there between and a resultant “wedging” action on said locking segments and a separation thereof into said release orientation.
- one or more preferred embodiments of the buckle assembly of the present invention may also include a secondary release assembly independently operable to release the belt connector from its locked position between the locking segments.
- the secondary release assembly may be mounted on and/or connected to a housing and or otherwise connected to the gripping assembly and include at least one, but preferably a pair of substantially oppositely disposed release members.
- the one or more release members are normally biased outwardly, in spaced relation to predetermined peripheral portions of the locking segments when the locking segments are in the closed orientation.
- the predetermined peripheral portions are dimensioned and configured to facilitate receipt of correspondingly disposed ones of the release members.
- the release members may be effectively “wedged” between the locking segments causing a separation thereof and their disposition from the closed orientation into the release orientation. Therefore and as described above predetermined manipulation of either the quick release assembly or the secondary release assembly will serve to dispose the locking segments into the release orientation and a removal of the connector from the locked position there between.
- buckle assembly of the present invention include the cooperative structuring of the locking segments, specifically but not exclusively, including the grip members with the belt connector.
- the aforementioned locking position and/or gripping engagement of the locking segments and grip members with the belt connector may, in at least some practical applications, be defined by the grip members disposed in at least partially penetrating relation with cooperatively disposed and dimensioned apertures, openings and/or recesses formed in the belt connector.
- the belt connectors must be at least partially structured and dimensioned to establish the aforementioned gripping engagement and locked position of the connector between and relative to the locking segments in the manner described above and in greater detail hereinafter.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a quick release buckle assembly of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view in partially exploded form of the embodiment of FIG. 1 as used in combination with the belt connector.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 2 in a connected and assembled state.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of cooperatively structured locking segments associated with the buckle assembly of the present invention in an unassembled state.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 4 in an assembled state.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view in partially exploded form of the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5 in combination with a quick release assembly in an unassembled state.
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 6 in an assembled state.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view in partially exploded form of the embodiment of FIG. 7 in combination of a portion of a housing of the buckle assembly of the present invention in an unassembled state.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 8 in an assembled state.
- FIG. 10 is a perspective view in partially exploded form of the embodiment of FIG. 9 with an initial portion of the housing in an unassembled state.
- the present invention is directed to a quick release buckle assembly represented in an assembled form and generally indicated as 10 in FIGS. 1-3 .
- the buckle assembly 10 is structured to be used in combination with at least one and preferably a variety of different types of belt connectors generally indicated as 12 .
- the connector 12 may be attached to a belt or other type of article which facilitates the secure and stable mounting or positioning of equipment, garments, etc. on the body of a person or the like.
- the connector 12 may include one or more openings or like structuring, as at 14 , to facilitate its attachment to an end of a belt or like member, as is well known especially, but not exclusively in the field of military equipment.
- the buckle assembly 10 may also include appropriate structuring, as at 16 , to facilitate its fixed or removable attachment to a belt or other equipment or garment portion with which the buckle assembly 10 is associated. Therefore, as practiced, the connector 12 may be forced into a “locked position” within the interior of the buckle 10 by directing a substantially “pushing” force thereon as schematically represented by directional arrow 18 .
- the buckle assembly 10 of the present invention also includes a plurality of at least two locking segments 20 and 22 which, as represented in FIGS. 5 and 6 , may be connected together in an assembled state.
- each of the locking segments 20 and 22 includes at least one, but preferably a plurality of at least two grip members 24 .
- each of the grip members 24 may be formed on and/or at least partially define an elongated gripping structure 26 connected to a base portion 28 of each of the locking segments 20 and 22 .
- each of the gripping structures 26 may include an elongated configuration extending outwardly from the base 28 of the respective locking segments and be disposed in spaced and at least generally parallel relation to one another.
- the grip members 24 associated with each of the bases 28 are disposed in a substantially confronting relation to one another.
- the term “confronting relation” is meant to include an actual confronting engagement between portions of each of the grip members 24 and/or a minimal spaced relation between corresponding or aligned portions of the grip members 24 of each of the gripping structures 26 of the locking segments 20 and 22 . Additional features of the gripping structures 26 and more specifically the grip members 24 thereof, include the cooperative formation of the outer extremities or ends of the aligned and correspondingly positioned grip members 24 .
- the grip members 24 and/or the outer extremities thereof are spaced from one another into a substantially outwardly flared configuration and inwardly converging configuration.
- This spacing and/or flared configuration of aligned ones of the grip members 24 facilitate the receipt and passage of a leading portion 12 ′ of the connector 12 through and between the grip members 24 , as well and through and between the locking structures 26 of the connected locking segments 20 and 22 .
- the locked position of the connector 12 comprises a substantially sandwiched relation between the locking segments 20 and 22 and more specifically the locking structures 26 thereof.
- the locked position further comprises protruding portions 24 ′ of the grip member 24 extending into, passing through or at partially penetrating or otherwise engaging and retaining correspondingly aligned portions of the connector 12 such as, but not limited to, the openings apertures or recesses 15 formed therein.
- the buckle assembly 10 includes a quick release assembly generally indicated as 30 , as represented in at least FIGS. 6-10 .
- the quick release assembly 30 includes a head portion 32 including at least one but preferably two outwardly extending fingers 34 connected thereto in substantially opposing relation to one another.
- the quick release assembly 30 includes an elongated pull member 36 connected at one end to the head portion 32 and including handle or like structure 38 connected to an outer or opposite end relative to the head 32 .
- the quick release assembly 30 includes a sleeve or sheath member 40 disposed in surrounding at least partially enclosing relation to the elongated pull member 36 wherein the elongated member 36 and head portion 32 is movable relative to the sleeve or sheath 40 .
- the quick release assembly 30 is connected to the locking segments 20 and 22 when in their assembled state.
- the outer sleeve or sheath 40 may be fixed to an appropriate recesses or indentation portion of the assembled locking segments 20 and 22 as disclosed.
- the head portion 32 is operatively connected in movable relation to the locking structures 26 in a manner that serves to establish a sliding, separating engagement of the fingers 34 of the head 32 with activating structures 42 (see FIG. 4 ) formed on each of the one or more griping structures 26 and associated with each of the locking segments 20 and 22 .
- correspondingly disposed locking structures 42 associated with each of the plurality of gripping structures 26 are disposed to collectively define a substantially inwardly convergent slope or wedge like configuration.
- the aforementioned fingers 34 associated with the head 32 are disposed between the aligned and/or correspondingly disposed activating structures 42 .
- Such a pulling force and/or selective positioning of the pull member 36 will result in sliding engagement of the head 32 and more specifically fingers 34 with and between activating structures 42 .
- a separating, “wedging action” will be exerted on the activating structures 42 and corresponding ones of the gripping structures 26 .
- This “wedding action” or force will cause a separation of the gripping structures 26 and grip members 24 thereby positioning the gripping structures 26 from the normally closed orientation into the release orientation due to the separation of the gripping structures 26 .
- the connector 12 Once in the separated, release orientation, the connector 12 may be removed from its substantially sandwiched, locked position between the locking segments 20 and 22 and more specifically the gripping structures 26 and grip members 24 associated therewith.
- the secondary release assembly 50 is connected to or integrally formed on housing 47 , or at least a portion thereof. More specifically, the secondary release assembly 50 includes at least one but preferably a pair of release members 52 flexibly connected to a portion 48 of the housing 47 in a manner which defines a substantially outwardly biased disposition of the one or more release members 52 relative to the locking segments 20 and 22 and at least some of the housing portion 48 . As represented in FIGS. 9 and 10 , each release member 52 includes a release segment 54 also having a substantially wedged configuration defined by outwardly convergent protrusions.
- the outermost portions of the release segments or protrusions 54 are sufficiently narrow to engage and pass between and within predetermined and corresponding peripheral portions 56 of the locking segments 20 and 22 .
- the predetermined peripheral portions 56 When in the assembled state as represented in FIGS. 7 and 8 , the predetermined peripheral portions 56 collectively define an outwardly flared configuration.
- the predetermined peripheral portions 56 including the outwardly flared configurations, thereof, are dimensioned to facilitate the passage of the wedge like release segments 54 there through when an inwardly directed force is exerted on the release segments 54 , such as by the fingers of a user.
- the inwardly directed force exerted on the release members 52 is schematically represented as 55 .
- housing portion 48 additional segments or portions of the housing as at 49 may then be attached to the remainder of buckle assembly 10 including housing portion 48 , and connected locking segment 20 and 22 with the quick release assembly 30 operatively mounted thereon.
- the housing portion also includes an opening 49 ′ disposed in aligned relation with the access opening 21 defined by the outwardly flared, inwardly converging grip members 24 .
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